L4OATheOriginal said:

I wanted to see if anybody was going to mention that part. Yeah, I saw this when it aired on Feb 26, 1985. Just a few days after I saw him for the second time at The Forum in L.A. on the Purple Rain tour. The Grammys that year were at The Shrine Auditorium, also out here in L.A. It was a great performance, even the part when the mic popped him in the mouth. Hard.... But P being the true pro that he is, didn't miss a beat. He got that ruffled sleeve loose from that gawt damn mic stand and kept on steppin'. I always prefered P at the AMA, almost exactly a month earlier, on Jan 28, 85 when he totally turned it out performing Purple Rain. To me, THAT'S his best television performance ever. But yeah, this one at The Grammys too was good. I also liked when Wendy's father, Mike Melvoin, introduced the band...That cat was besides himself with joy and pride.
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Gohi said:

...also, I'm amazed at how so many people get locked into only one genre, then discount anything that falls outside that genre as worthless. Every day I hear music that I have never heard before, some of which was even made years ago. Then there's tons of great new music that comes out every week. Those glorious Old School Jams from back in the day that we all hold in such high regard make up about 20-30% of what I listen to on any given day.

Respectfully I would suggest; that people who are discontent with the current music that is available today, are in actuality discontent with the current dynamics of their own personal situations (...AND romanticizing the past - which is always very easy to do).

I don't know what show you went too but all the ones I went to, he put on a show. Besides, does jumping around and dancing automatically equal a show? To me, not if the singer or even rapper isn't worth a damn while singing and rapping and most of them aren't unfortunately.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I guess you want a cookie for your "collection". Well I never saw Prince in the 80's or 90's but since I started going to Prince concerts in 2001, he put on a hell of a show everytime I saw him which has been 11 times so far this decade. He showed me that he still has that fire when he's on that stage and he gives it his all which, whether he stands there or dances all over the place. The last Prince show I went to was in October & he didn't move around much but it was a small room we were in so he couldn't do much anyway. Even with that limited space, he was on FIRE that night and it was one of the best P shows I ever saw and that wasn't even a year ago. My friend saw P with me for the 1st time in 2004 and she's not much of Prince fan at all. She told me that it was the best concert she's ever into HALFWAY through the show, so you can't speak for non-Prince fans. When you have the gift of music like that, you can sit on the floor and just sing and still move people if it's coming from your heart and soul and that's what Prince still gives me and many others, including non-fans who see him when he's on that stage.
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alexnvrmnd777 said:

Ahhh, another post where someone thinks a 51 year old man should be able to dance like he was 25. If you can't enjoy watching Prince's expressions, guitar playing, keyboards, drums, etc., then stay home and leave your seat for someone who appreciates the talent in whatever form he brings it.
[Edited 8/25/09 18:57pm]

purplecam said:

Even with the early mistakes with him knocking the mic down and hitting himself in the face was quickly 4gotten. He totally was turned up and on high watt speed during this per4mance all the things he fit in that short little segment was amazing. Kind of like the NAACP 2005 per4mance... U were left scratching ur head saying what did i just c? At the end of it.....

I didn't think it was perfect. Prince hit himself in the face with the microphone and Wendy f'ed up the choreography.

madison said:

I agree with Madison . . and I want to see this really bad.

PDogz said:

Agreed.

purplecam said:

No, no cookie for my collection's needed, but I just threw that line in because most of the ppl around here will say that if you like his past concerts so much, then pop it in and watch them over again. I was beating them to the punch and saying not to worry, I already am!

And, you say you haven't been to any shows prior to 2001. Well, that's what you have to base your comparisons off of. I've been to countless others prior to that year, and I've seen/noticed the steady decline every tour - post 1997 - of the showmanship aspect in his performances. Dancing doesn't automatically equal show, as you put it, to me, but move around some dammit!! You AND the band! And, I'm not talking about the tired Texas Two Step, which everybody and their momma does in their sleep.

I'm glad your friend like the Musicology show, but she's a "newbie". Had she seen some his previous shows (she probably would've been a Prince fan already if this was the case), she would probably say the same thing that I am. That it paled in comparison to how he used to rock the house. I'm not saying he can't "perform" anymore, but I just don't get that "wow" feeling in the pit of my stomach when I watch/listen to him these days (musically or visually).

Gohi said:

Well this forum is all about PRINCE so if you don't like it SCRAM !!!!!

Dayclear said:

That has nothing to do with our messages... at no point did we say we weren't Prince fans, just fans of other current artists. Ever heard of that? Calm down. And no thanks. I appreciate Prince because he is a genius and he is smart enough not to romanticize the 80s and close his mind to the new and exciting music being produced today.

A two year old is right, haha.

(holy crap they're saying things that make me feel bad about being obsessed with one artist) YEAH WELL... THIS FORUM IS ABOUT PRINCE! SHIT UP!!!!!

I'm 19.

The MTV music awards 1987 is his all time best!!!!

rusty1 said:

Damn,...I forgot all about that one....Yeah, when P performed the track Sign of the Times and Sheila with that white hat on and that half of a body suit she had on....And she and the whole band came marching down the aisle playing a snare drum. Then they all marched up on stage and lined up behind P. P was killin' it with the peach cloud guitar. Yeah, that award show was ALSO out here in So Cal! Good pick...I never see people mention that one on here and I tend to forget about it. I used to have that on vhs but the tape ribbon snapped. I STILL say the AMA in 85 when P performed Purple Rain is my all time tv performance...But shit,....I gotta say the 87 MTV performance is right behind it because THAT was a super cool performance no doubt.
[Edited 8/28/09 1:06am]

JesusFreak said:

...and OLD people have a freakin jealousy over YOU being young & immortal, lol. Enjoy being a teenager, you will be "old" soon enough... TRUST!

But I know the feeling you're experiencing. When I was a kid, if ONE MORE ADULT said to my friends and I: "Enjoy it while you're young", I swear - I think our heads would have exploded. We WERE enjoying it, we were just tired of hearing it, lol.

I had a Biology teacher in the 10th grade, Mrs. Bumgarner, that kept a sign over her door that read: "These ARE the good old days", and we used to make fun of that sign everyday and sarcastically smirk... "Yeah Right!". But NOW, decades later when I think back to that sign... GUESS WHAT?!?

To put things in perspective: Music ALWAYS sounds better when you have memories to associate it with. Memories take time to develop. Trust me, there will be a certain number of today's songs that you feel SUCK now, that will bring a nostalgic tear to your eye when you hear them 25 years from now. Oh yeah, it'll happen, lol.

Enjoy your teenage years: Play safe - Live long and prosper!

I just watched it again and I noticed that he kisses a woman in the end that looks like Vanity. Does anyone know if it actually was her?


His AMA's performance of Purple Rain was awe inspiring too. His Guitar solo in the end was perfect and had the crowd waving their arms together....it gave me goosebumps.


His 87 MTV performance was cool too. I loved the jeans outfit he was rocking, soooo 80's, LOL.